Friday, July 13, 2012

Lacquistry- Phoenix Bird

Hello all. Today I'm excited to show you one of the custom polishes I ordered from Lacquistry. My idea for this polish was the mythical phoenix bird. I showed Jenna pictures of the color scheme I had in mind and left it to her to bring it to life. I am so pleased with how it turned out. Jenna was so easy to work with. Phoenix bird has micro red glitter, and red, orange, and purple medium hexes, plus black and gold holo mini hexes.



shade- love how the purple glitter really stands out in this pic

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Pictures show one coat of Phoenix Bird over two coats of China Glaze Fast Track. Phoenix is chock full of glitter making it seem thick. Application was easy I just had to make sure I wiped the brush off really well before applying to the nail since so much glitter is picked up on the brush. Thank you so much Jenna for making such a beautiful polish!

Lacquistry polishes can be purchased here. Check there or her Facebook page for restock updates.

Desiree

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Pretty and Polished- Freedom Calling 4th of July

Happy Independence everyone! Today I have a short post to show you what I wore for the 4th of July. I did a jelly sandwich using Manglaze Mayo and OPI Don't Touch my Tutu with accent nail of Freedom Calling over Girly Bits Star Spangled.



This was a very fun polish and perfect for a patriotic mani. I did find the red bar glitter to be a little unruly and tried to avoid it as much as possible. Other than that I thought application was great! I won these in a giveaway Chels held a little over a month ago on her blog. It came as a trio with A Soldiers Liberty and On Equal Ground. Her polishes are sold on her Etsy store and will soon be available at Llarowe.

Desiree

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Pahlish- Pianos Filled with Flames

Hello all. Today I have a polish from one of my new favorite Indie producers. Pianos Filled with Flames is a sheer raspberry pink base with small red hex glitter / red, orange, gold, pink, purple, holographic micro glitter. It positively glows! I wore it over one of my favorite reds, OPI An Affair in Red Square. It does dry with a bit of texture so I used a coat of gelous plus top coat.

Here's a gorgeous closeup of the bottle:
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I kept this color on for several days I loved it soo much! Shannon has several awesome colors in her Etsy shop. I can't wait to show you the rest of the ones I have purchased. I will definitely be wearing this one again.

What do you think?  Thanks for taking a look.

Desiree

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Rainbow Honey- A Little Kindness

Well hello there friends! It's been a while. I apologize for my long absence. Today I have a polish I am very excited to share with you. When Dee first showed us swatches of this I literally gasped, I thought it was so pretty. I was not disappointed when I finally received it. I will borrow Dee's description "A Little Kindness- rose, white, gold, and soft green glitters floating in a delicate pale yellow base with an iridescent pink shimmer." I layered one coat over three coats of OPI Don't Touch my Tutu then topped it with Gelous and Poshe top coat.

I love the pink shimmer !

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Since this is so full of glitter the polish was a little on the thick side, however application was still fairly easy. I just love how soft this color is. I can't wait to try it over some other base colors. Dee will be opening her shop up soon and you will be able to purchase this and other Equestria Collection polishes here.
What do you think? I hope you enjoyed my pics.

Desiree

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Up Colors- Verde 360°

Hello Everyone! So today I'm going to show you Up Colors Verde 360° which I purchased from Llarowe. I'm glad I got it when I did because when I checked back the next day after she made these available it was sold out. Verde 360° is a turquoise linear holo. It is stunning! I couldn't stop taking pictures, I hope they do it justice. I wore two coats over base coat and all photos are with topcoat. Application was easy there was no streaking or bald spots.

 Check it out:










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So... beautiful right? This is a Brazilian polish it is not 3 free. It can be purchased from Llarowe, but she is currently out of stock for this shade.

I hope you enjoyed this post. Thanks for taking a look.

Desiree

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Lynnderella She Lived in a Swamp and Ozotic 507

Hello everyone. So sorry to have ignored my blog for so long, but I am back. I thought I would do a short post to show you some pretty polishes that had been sitting in my untried pile. I paired Ozotic 507 with Lynnderella She Lived in a Swamp to wear for St. Patrick's day. Yes, that was a while ago but anyway. I used two coats of 507 which is a gorgeous multi chrome. It shifts from gold, to green to almost blue at certain angles. SLiaS is a clear base packed with chartreuse hex and bar glitter, light green and dark green hex glitter of varying sizes. The dark green glitters are rather sparse. I didn't have any issues with application. I found it was best to dab the glitter on and then spread it around. I didn't take any pictures of 507 by itself. I'll have to do that on another post.
Take a look:

The golden shift in 507 really shows in these sunlight shots.

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You can really see the different colors of glitter in these last two pics. Like I said the darker green glitter is very sparse and small. I think I managed to get a large green hex on my other hand.

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Well, what did you think. Pretty cute and blingy for St. Patricks Day right? Ozotics can be purchased at several retailers like Harlow &Co, Ninja Polish and Llarowe which is where I got mine. Lynnderella is only available through Llarowe. It's best to check her website and Facebook page for updates on when and how she is taking orders for Lynnderella polishes.

Thanks for taking a look.

Desiree

Sunday, March 11, 2012

NerdLacquer Batcave

Happy Sunday Everyone! Today I have NerdLacquer Batcave. I had to get up pretty early to get this pretty, but I got it! It was well worth the trouble. Batcave is a charcoal black base with tons of silver shimmer, blue, purple and holographic hex glitter plus black square glitter. The pictures below are two coats of Batcave, one coat of gelous and one coat of topcoat. I tried Poshe topcoat for the first time. I thought it dried just as fast and shiny as Seche Vite. May switch to this since it does not contain Toluene. Anyways on with the pics...

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You can see some of the square black  glitter in this pic. With the dark base it can be hard to see them.
Love the holographic sparkles.






Batcave is one shade in a NerdLacquer trio that is exclusive to Harlow &Co. She is currently out of stock, but will have this available again soon.

I hope you enjoyed this. Thanks for checking it out.

Desiree